Faculty Profile - UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Professional Summary:

My current research focuses on epidemiologic analyses and interventions related to obesity. I am particularly interested in the developmental origins of obesity and cardio-metabolic diseases, including maternal diet,smoking,and other lifestyle during pregnancy, placenta, intrauterine growth, epigenetics, and infancy growth. I am also very interested in clinical intervention for pediatric obesity. Below are my ongoing research projects.
1) Etiological subgroups of small-for-gestational-age: differential childhood physical and cognitive development;
2) Vegetarian diet during pregnancy and prevention of gestational diabetes and offspring obesity;
3) Smoking cessation during pregnancy and lactation and offspring outcomes;
4) Infant diet and health;
5) Toddler's self-regulation and later healthy behaviors.

Education and Training:

Postdoctoral Fellow, Childhood Obesity, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute (2012)
PhD, Epidemiology, Brown University (2010)
MS, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Sun Yat-sen University (2006)
MBBS, Preventive Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences (2003)

Employment:

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, University at Buffalo (2012-present)
Research Assistant Professor, University at Buffalo, School of Public Health and Health Professions (2012-present)

Grants and Sponsored Research:

September 2013–August 2015
Maternal low-fat vegetarian diet to prevent gestational-diabetes-related childhood obesity: a pilot randomized controlled trial
SUNY REACH (Research Excellence in Academic Health)
Role: Principal Investigator
$25,000
April 2014–March 2015
Etiological subgroups of small-for-gestational-age: differential child outcomes
HRSA- Health Resources and Services Administration
Role: Principal Investigator
$99,968
July 2010–June 2012
Use of electronic medical records to examine prenatal and early life risk factors for childhood obesity
CDC
Role: Co-Investigator
September 2009–August 2011
Epidemiology & Epigenetics: maternal diet, DNA methylation, & offspring adiposity
NIH
Role: Contributor
August 2006–June 2011
Pre- and peri-natal predictors of childhood obesity
NIH
Role: Contributor

Journal Articles:

Wen X, Kong K, Edien RD, Sharma NN, Xie C. Sociodemographic differences and infant dietary patterns. Pediatrics. 2014; 134(5).
Xie C, Wen X, Ding P, Liu T, He Y, Niu Z, Lin J, Yuan S, Guo X, Jia D, Chen W. Comparison of secondhand smoke exposure measures during pregnancy in the development of a clinical prediction model for small-for-gestational-age among non-smoking Chinese pregnant women. Tob Control. 2014.
Chen JK, Wen X, Coletti KD, Cox JE, Taveras EM. 2-Year BMI Changes of Children Referred for Multidisciplinary Weight Management. Int J Pediatr. 2014.
Xie C, Wen X, Ding P, Liu T, He Y, Niu Z, Lin J, Yuan S, Guo X, Jia D, Chen W. Influence of CYP2A6*4 genotypes on maternal serum cotinine among chinese nonsmoking pregnant women. Nicotine Tob Res. 2014; 16(4).
Wen X, Shenassa ED, Paradis AD. Maternal smoking, breastfeeding, and risk of childhood overweight: findings from a national cohort. Matern Child Health J. 2013; 17(4).
Liu T, Wang H, Wen X, Quan Q, Ding P, He Y, Chen W, Yu X, Chen W. Smoking status and body fatness indicators: A cross-sectional survey among 1948 Chinese male adults.. J Public Health. 2013; 21(3).
Luo YJ, Wen X, Ding P, He YH, Xie CB, Liu T, Lin JM, Yuan SX, Guo XL, Jia DQ, Chen LH, Huang BZ, Chen WQ. Interaction between maternal passive smoking during pregnancy and CYP1A1 and GSTs polymorphisms on spontaneous preterm delivery. PLoS One. 2012; 7(11).
Liu T, Wang H, Wen X, Quan Q, Ding P, He Y, Chen W, Yu X, Chen W. Smoking status and body fatness indicators: A cross-sectional survey among 1948 Chinese male adults.. J Public Health. 2012; 20(11).
Wen X, Gillman MW, Rifas-Shiman SL, Sherry B, Kleinman K, Taveras EM. Decreasing prevalence of obesity among young children in Massachusetts from 2004 to 2008. Pediatrics. 2012; 129(5).
Han MY, Chen WQ, Wen X, Liang CH, Ling WH. Differences of smoking knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors between medical and non-medical students. Int J Behav Med. 2012; 19(1).
Wen X, Kleinman K, Gillman MW, Rifas-Shiman SL, Taveras EM. Childhood body mass index trajectories: modeling, characterizing, pairwise correlations and socio-demographic predictors of trajectory characteristics. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2012; 12.
Wen X, Shenassa ED. Interaction between parenting and neighborhood quality on the risk of adolescent regular smoking. Nicotine Tob Res. 2012; 14(3).
Ma Y, Wen X, Peng J, Lu Y, Guo Z, Lu J. Systematic review and meta-analysis on the association between outpatient statins use and infectious disease-related mortality. PLoS One. 2012; 7(12).
Wen X, Triche EW, Hogan JW, Shenassa ED, Buka SL. Prenatal factors for childhood blood pressure mediated by intrauterine and/or childhood growth? Pediatrics. 2011; 127(3).
Wen X, Triche EW, Hogan JW, Shenassa ED, Buka SL. Association between placental morphology and childhood systolic blood pressure. Hypertension. 2011; 57(1).
Wen X, Triche EW, Hogan JW, Shenassa ED, Buka SL. Birth weight and adult hypercholesterolemia: subgroups of small-for-gestational-age based on maternal smoking status during pregnancy. Epidemiology. 2010; 21(6).
Wen X, Chen W, Gans KM, Colby SM, Lu C, Liang C, Ling W. Two-year effects of a school-based prevention programme on adolescent cigarette smoking in Guangzhou, China: a cluster randomized trial. Int J Epidemiol. 2010; 39(3).
Clark MA, Linkletter C, Wen X, Miller EA, Mor V. Opinion networks among long-term care specialists. Med Care Res Rev. 2010; 67(4 Sup).
Clark MA, Rogers ML, Wen X, Wilcox V, McCarthy-Barnett K, Panarace J, Manning C, Allen S, Rakowski W. Repeat mammography screening among unmarried women with and without a disability. Womens Health Issues. 2009; 19(6).
Wen X, Chen W, Qian Z, Muscat JE, Lu C, Ling W. Differences in students' smoking-related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors among public, factory, and private secondary schools in Guangzhou, China. Journal of School Health. 2008; 78(1).
Wen X, Chen W, Muscat JE, Qian Z, Lu C, Zhang C, Luo Y, Liang C, Han K, Deng X, Ou Y, Ling W. Modifiable family and school environmental factors associated with smoking status among adolescents in Guangzhou, China. Prev Med. 2007; 45(2-3).
Qiu Q, Chen WQ, Wen X, Ou YJ, Ling WH. Study on the determinants of 'signing agreements' to establish smoke-free homes among 2019 parents of the secondary school students. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi. 2007; 28(4).
Wen X, Chen WQ, Lu CY, Liang CH, Zhang CX, Han K, Ou YJ, Ling WH. Process evaluation on a health promotion model regarding smoking prevention among Chinese secondary school students. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi. 2007; 28(3).
Wen X, Huang JH, Chen WQ, Liang CH, Han K, Ling WH. Possibility and predictors of successful cigarette purchase attempts by 201 primary school students in Guangzhou, China. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi. 2007; 28(1).
Wen X, Chen WQ, Lu CY, Zhang CX. Determinants of attempt and success in smoking cessation among male secondary school students. Wei Sheng Yan Jiu. 2006; 35(3).
Wen X, Chen WQ, Lu CY, Zhang CX, Luo YJ, Deng XQ, Ou YJ, Ling WH. Analysis on factors influencing the smoking behaviors among male secondary school students under the structural equation model. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi. 2006; 27(3).

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Presentations:

"Toddler General Self-Regulation and Later Eating Habits: Does Parental Rule About Food Type Matter?" 2nd Annual Obesity Week Meeting, Obesity Society (2014)

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